Physical Combat Is Not Cobra Commander’s Fort
You’re looking at another one of those “DVD Battle” G.I. Joe sets Hasbro is putting out; you know, like the Mass Device one or the Dominator packs?they come with a few figures, a nice accessory, and a DVD of the episodes being referenced in plastic. Now, I have zero memory of the “Pyramid of Darkness” saga, and I doubt Joe fans need yet another Snake Eyes, Major Bludd or hooded Cobra Commander, but I imagine it’ll be hard to resist any toy set whose package so clearly shows Joe martial artist QuickKick kicking the shit out of Cobra Commander. Did this actually happen in the “Pyramid” cartoon episodes? Because it seems like I should remember that. (Via ToyNewsI)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.